Actress who posted pickled ‘souvenir’ ribs picture on Instagram confirms photograph WAS a hoax after all

A jar of pickled ribs that a skinny actress claimed were her own has been confirmed as a hoax.

Thalia, a Mexican superstar, published a picture of herself on her Instagram feed yesterday beside a jar full of ribs.

She claimed in the caption that they were her own and had been surgically removed several years earlier to give herself a slimmer waist and boost her career. Rumours had been circulating for years.

But – as we suspected – it was all an elaborate hoax and the jar contained nothing more than nibbled-down BBQ spare ribs.

The actress today posted a new image of herself posing with a meaty portion saying ‘Gotcha!’.

Oh Thalia you joker…

Many of her fans were upset by the hoax, which was directed at her fanbase in the Philippines, and called it an ‘insult’.

One called Matalinongpogi wrote: ‘I dont actually like how she was playing with her Filipino fans and with the issue itself. Her sarcasm is very waley and uncalled for. Its like an insult to all her Filipino fans. #justsaying’